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Joseph Leo Koerner

Joseph Leo Koerner is Victor S. Thomas Professor of the History of Art and Architecture and Senior Fellow of the Society of Fellows at Harvard. His most recent book is Bosch and Bruegel: From Enemy Painting to Everyday Life.
 (May 2019)

First Among Equals

First Among Equals

“Vermeer prompts us to look at his handiwork. In the foreground, white and red paint—conjuring threads escaping from the woman’s sewing cushion—appears as if dribbled on the canvas.”

Vermeer and the Masters of Genre Painting: Inspiration and Rivalry

an exhibition at the Louvre, Paris, February 20–May 22, 2017; the National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin, June 17–September 17, 2017; and the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., October 22, 2017–January 21, 2018

February 7, 2019 issue

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Caroline Weber

A Last Look

April 4, 2019 issue

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